Art

All children at Masterton Intermediate are exposed to and involved in a variety of arts activities during their two years here. As well as any classroom based art activities they may do with their class teacher, Masterton Intermediate also runs an Arts Enrichment Programme that ensures that children participate in all areas of the New Zealand Arts Curriculum.  

Arts Enrichment is held each Day 6 in the afternoon, two terms a year. A mixture of Dance, Drama, Music and Visual Art programmes are made available to the students. Each term, students choose which programme they would like to be involved in and all efforts are made to provide them with their first choice. After two years, each student will have experienced eight different Arts Enrichment programmes, giving them a full art experience during their time at Masterton Intermediate School.
 
Some of the available Arts Enrichment Programmes are:
 
  • Art Pasifika
  • Batik
  • Choir Crafty Ideas for Girls
  • Digital Photography
  • Fabric Painting
  • Food Art & Design
  • Fun with Colour
  • Hip Hop Dance
  • Maori Arts & Crafts
  • Papier Creations
  • Perspective Drawing
  • Picasso Art
  • Print Making
  • Problem Challenges
  • Scrap Booking
  • Sculpture
  • Sketching
  • Theatre Sports
As well as these programmes, many of the programmes within the Options Programmes are also arts based. These include:
 
  • Crafty ideas for boys
  • Computers
  • Wearable arts
  • Sewing
  • Digital Photography
  • Puppet Making
  • Wearable Arts
Each year a group of children travel to Wellington and represent Masterton Intermediate by competing in the Wearable Arts Awards and Arts Splash competitions.
 
Art Extension
Last year and this year a select group of students were fortunate enough to work with Kate Small (a local Wairarapa artist) over a three day period. The students were extended with their art through a variety of medium, including paint, printmaking and crayon work. The end results are stunning.
 
Havelock North Alternative Programmes
During the exchange programmes that take place with Havelock North twice a year, a variety of programmes are made available over a three day period to the students that are not participating. Many of these are Arts based activity programmes also.